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"
All
the
names
are
still
in
the
hat
,
Ben
.
Self
-
aware
man
is
so
built
that
he
cannot
believe
in
his
own
extinction
?
and
this
automatically
leads
to
endless
invention
of
religions
.
While
this
involuntary
conviction
of
immortality
by
no
means
proves
immortality
to
be
a
fact
,
the
questions
generated
by
this
conviction
are
overwhelmingly
important
?
whether
we
can
answer
them
or
not
,
or
prove
what
answers
we
suspect
.
The
nature
of
life
,
how
the
ego
hooks
into
the
physical
body
,
the
problem
of
the
ego
itself
and
why
each
ego
seems
to
be
the
center
of
the
universe
,
the
purpose
of
life
,
the
purpose
of
the
universe
–
these
are
paramount
questions
Ben
;
they
can
never
be
trivial
.
Science
can
’
t
,
or
hasn
’
t
,
coped
with
any
of
them
–
and
who
am
I
to
sneer
at
religions
for
trying
to
answer
them
,
no
matter
how
unconvincingly
to
me
?
Old
Mumbo
Jumbo
may
eat
me
yet
;
I
can
’
t
rule
Him
out
because
He
owns
no
fancy
cathedrals
.
Nor
can
I
rule
out
one
godstruck
boy
leading
a
sex
cult
in
an
upholstered
attic
;
he
might
be
the
Messiah
.
The
only
religious
opinion
that
I
feel
sure
of
is
this
:
self
-
awareness
is
not
just
a
bunch
of
amino
acids
bumping
together
!
"
"
Whew
!
Jubal
,
you
should
have
been
a
preacher
.
"
"
Missed
it
by
only
a
razor
’
s
edge
,
my
boy
–
and
I
’
ll
thank
you
to
keep
a
civil
tongue
in
your
head
.
One
more
word
in
Mike
’
s
defense
and
I
’
ll
throw
note
3
on
the
mercy
of
the
court
.
If
be
can
show
us
a
better
way
to
run
this
fouled
-
up
planet
,
his
sex
life
is
vindicated
thereby
,
regardless
of
your
taste
or
mine
.
Geniuses
are
notoriously
indifferent
to
the
sexual
customs
of
the
culture
in
which
they
find
themselves
,
they
make
their
own
rules
;
this
is
not
opinion
,
it
was
proved
by
Armattoe
‘
way
back
in
1945
.
And
Mike
is
a
genius
;
he
’
s
shown
it
more
ways
than
one
.
He
can
therefore
be
expected
to
ignore
Mrs
.
Grundy
and
diddle
to
suit
himself
.
Geniuses
are
justifiably
contemptuous
of
the
opinions
of
their
inferiors
.
"
And
from
a
religious
standpoint
Mike
’
s
sexual
behavior
IS
as
kosher
as
fish
on
Friday
,
as
orthodox
as
Santa
Claus
.
He
preaches
that
all
living
creatures
are
collectively
God
?
which
makes
him
and
his
disciples
the
only
self
-
aware
gods
in
his
pantheon
which
rates
him
a
union
card
by
the
rules
for
godding
on
this
planet
.
Those
rules
always
permit
gods
sexual
freedom
limited
only
by
their
own
judgment
;
mortal
rules
never
apply
.
Leda
and
the
Swan
?
Europa
and
the
Bull
?
Osiris
,
Isis
,
and
Horus
?
The
incredible
incestuous
games
of
the
Norse
gods
?
Of
course
?
but
why
stop
there
?
Take
a
hard
look
at
the
family
relations
of
the
Trinity
in
one
of
the
most
widely
respected
western
religion
(
I
won
’
t
cite
eastern
religions
;
their
gods
do
things
a
mink
breeder
wouldn
’
t
put
up
with
!
)
.
The
only
way
in
which
the
odd
interrelations
of
the
various
aspects
of
what
purports
to
be
a
monotheos
can
be
reconciled
with
the
precepts
of
the
religion
thereto
is
by
assuming
that
the
rules
in
these
matters
for
deity
are
not
the
rules
for
ordinary
mortals
.
Of
course
most
people
don
’
t
think
about
it
;
they
compartment
it
off
in
their
minds
and
mark
it
:
‘
Holy
–
Do
Not
Disturb
.
’
"
But
an
outside
referee
is
forced
to
allow
Mike
the
same
dispensation
granted
all
other
gods
.
There
are
rules
for
this
game
:
one
god
alone
splits
into
at
least
two
parts
–
male
and
female
–
and
breeds
.
Not
just
Jehovah
–
they
all
do
it
.
Look
it
up
.
Contrariwise
,
a
group
of
gods
will
breed
like
rabbits
,
every
time
,
and
with
as
little
regard
for
human
formalities
.
Once
Mike
entered
the
godding
business
,
those
orgies
of
his
group
were
as
logically
certain
as
Sunday
follows
Saturday
.
So
quit
using
the
standards
of
Podunk
and
judge
them
only
by
Olympian
morals
–
I
think
you
will
then
find
that
they
are
showing
unusual
restraint
.
Furthermore
,
Ben
,
this
‘
growing
-
closer
’
by
sexual
union
,
this
unity
-
into
-
pluralty
and
plurality
-
back
-
into
-
unity
,
cannot
tolerate
monogamy
inside
the
god
group
.
Any
pairing
that
excluded
the
others
would
be
immoral
,
obscene
,
under
the
postulated
creed
.
And
if
such
mutual
,
shared
-
by
-
all
sexual
congress
is
essential
to
their
creed
,
as
I
grok
it
has
to
be
,
then
why
do
you
expect
this
holy
union
to
be
hidden
behind
a
door
?
Your
insistence
that
they
should
hide
it
would
have
turned
a
holy
rite
–
which
it
was
–
into
something
obscene
–
which
it
was
not
.
You
just
plain
did
not
understand
what
you
were
looking
at
.
"
"
Maybe
I
didn
’
t
,
"
Ben
said
glumly
.
"
I
’
m
going
to
offer
you
one
box
–
top
premium
,
as
an
inducement
.
You
wondered
how
Mike
got
rid
of
his
clothes
so
quickly
.
I
’
ll
tell
you
how
.
"
